Transformer We Are (Reflection 5)

In the articles entitled Culture: What It Is and Transformation: Creating Context, the author provides the reader’s with information on how many within the same human species are very different ; this information inst totally new to me. And it isn’t too far-fetched to believe that there are some people who believe that everyone in the world is just like them; holding the same opinions and truths as the next person. The author assists his readers with understanding that people have very different points of view that stem from different roots. The author also points out one of man’s greatest flaw, and that is to judge. Everyone does it a great deal of the time. Sometimes it is done and people aren’t even aware of it. By suspecting something without actually knowing and then allowing oneself to believe and react like what you think is actually true, then that is a form of judging a person. For instance, there are many older people, who, when they see a young person with dreadlocks in their hair and they happen to be a person of color, assume that this young person is out to do them harm. They often clutch their bags and plce their hands in their pockets making sure to hold on tightly to their wallets. Who’s to say that this young person is even thinking to do such an ill-mannered thing to another person. But far be it from them to actually think to say just maybe this person is simply minding their own business. I’ve learned that compassion, tolerance and, acceptance are all apart of understanding human diversity. I also learned as much as I believe that I do not care about something and that it has no affect on me, I still would have to generate an opinion which will determine that I do. This rang true because I realized that as much as you don’t like someone or something how you feel still rings true in your expressions whether you try to show it or not. In “Transformation: Creating Context” the author also talks about something that many people try to do and it is very evident and that is to reinvent oneself. To reinvent oneself is basically to try and change physical state and one’s thinking state. This is a simplified version of a definition of transformation which the author strongly emphasizes. After transformation has taken place, one can be an enlightened individual. Yet, what transformation is good transformation?
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